China's UK ambassador Zheng Zeguang on Tuesday vowed "severe consequences" if British lawmakers visit Taiwan.
China's UK ambassador Zheng Zeguang on Tuesday vowed "severe consequences" if British lawmakers visit Taiwan.
Comparing China’s 1995/1996 live fire exercises during the Third Taiwan Strait Crisis (left) and with those just announced for August 2022 (right).
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) will meet with the chairman of Taiwan’s biggest semiconductor manufacturer during her visit to the island, in a sign of how vital computer chips are to the U.S. economy and national security.
I know their media is heavily censored. Still an interesting post though.Chinese social media is insular, difficult to access, and hard to translate. That's why I sifted through hundreds of Weibo posts for you! This is your window into ordinary Chinese internet discourse following Pelosi's arrival in Taiwan:
The operations will be carried out in Taiwan defense zones... They start TONIGHT. This will not go over well imo.
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The (major) difference between a political crisis and an armed crisis all depend on the activities that occur within these boundary overlaps…
German Foreign Minister slams Chinese agression over Taiwan. She said "Germany stands with the US".
GERMAN FOREIGN MINISTER: IN CASE OF AGGRESSION FROM CHINA, GERMANY WILL HELP TAIWAN
Getting uncomfortably close to a blockade. "Analysts said the drills in the six zones would effectively block access to commercial shipping lanes and Taiwanese ports."
This is what truly scares the CCP. That American officials are greeted like this all around the world and CCP officials are greeted like this nowhere.
BREAKING: Chinese mainland to halt natural sand exports to Taiwan from today, amid Nancy Pelosi's visit to the region.
VIDEO: A convoy carrying US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi drives through Taipei. Pelosi landed in Taiwan late Tuesday, defying a string of increasingly stark warnings and threats from China that have sent tensions between the world's two superpowers soaring
Update: Reuters: Taiwan's Ministry of Defense: China's maneuvers have reached the point of blocking Taiwan's air and sea space.
Taiwan negotiates with Japan, Philippines to find alternative aviation routes -official media | Reuters
#Taiwan prepares its air raid shelters - from metro stations to shopping malls Taipei has over 4,600 shelters, which can shelter 12 million people, over 4 times its population. Many Taiwanese government websites are under DDoS-type attacks
Three NAVWARNs have now been issued, correlating with those reported in Chinese state media yesterday, for gunnery exercises around Taiwan. Official NAVAREA XI Warnings:
Top US Democrat Nancy Pelosi is seen preparing to leave Taiwan after visit which has angered China
